Russia says Armenian specialists helped stop WannaCry attackOctober 5, 2017 - 14:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Federal Security Service of Russia Alexander Bortnikov has given credit to Armenian IT specialists for helping the country minimize the consequences of WannaCry ransomware attack in Russia. Bortnikov was addressing the 16th international meeting of the heads of special services, security and law enforcement agencies, which started in Krasnodar on Wednesday, October 4. "In cooperation with colleagues from Armenia, we managed to prevent WannaCry from sneaking into the network of a number of large banks," Bortnikov said. According to him, the interaction between the two countries helped neutralize the negative consequences of the virus against banking systems in other CSTO countries too. The ransomware campaign was unprecedented in scale according to Europol, which estimates that around 200,000 computers were infected across 150 countries. According to Kaspersky Lab, the four most affected countries were Russia, Ukraine, India and Taiwan. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |